Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:51:44 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: gerard-seibert@rcn.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[4]: Configuring POSTFIX to use mutiple email accounts Message-ID: <17A0273C61EEEE039F9A13FC@utd49554.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050106140434.E12A.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> References: <20050106065102.7B36.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> <37B3AF603F27850132236332@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <20050106140434.E12A.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com>
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--On Thursday, January 06, 2005 02:27:47 PM -0500 Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> wrote: > > My ISP does restrict port 25. So I guess what I really want to know is > how do I configure POSTFIX to work under that condition. > In main.cf, set "relayhost = smtp.rcn.com This tells postfix that any mail it is to send *must* be sent to smtp.rcn.com, and smtp.rcn.com will then send the mail on to its final destination. Then, in your mail client, you designate your instance of postfix as the outgoing mail server. *However*, you really don't have to do all this, and endure the hassle of having to learn SMTP and Postfix, if all you want to do is send and receive email. Just set your outgoing mail server for all your accounts to smtp.rcn.com and let them do all the work for you. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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